Improvement in bristle-cleaning machines



J. WEBB.

v. BRISTLE-CLEANING MACHINE.

Patpnted March 14;" 1876.

INVENTOR r- WITNEWSES fiurrnn STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JAMES WEBB, OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM WILKINS,OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRlSTL-E-CLEANING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,88 I, dated March14, 1876; application filed October 7, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES WEBB, of Baltimore county, Maryland, haveinvented certain Improvements in Machines for Washing and GombingBristles; and I do hereby declare that in the following specificationis-set forth a full, clear, and exact description of my invention,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in a machine for combing andwashing bristles, patented by Louis F. Lannay and William F. ParksDecember 1, 1868; and consists in a construction of certain parts of themachine and their relative arrangement, enabling the stocks of the combsto he used as wash-boards, and allowing the bristles to be forced pastthe said stocks, and, in so passing, to be sprung and shaken, thusmaterially assisting the effect of the. liquid in washing out theparticles of matter loosened by the combs.

The bristles are washed in a heated liquor, such liquor being raised tothe desired temperature in the vat by any suitable method, thatpreferably adopted by me beingthe con ducting of steam from a generatorto the vat by a pipe controlled by valves or cocks.

In the further description of my invention which follows due referencemust be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a frontelevation of my improved bristle washing and combing machine, chiefly insection; Fig. 2 being a vertical section upon the line 00 J.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts of the invention inboth the views.

A is a tub or vat, in which the washingliquorusuaily soap and waterisplaced. B B are vertical frames rising from the sides of the vat, andconnected at the top by the beam 0. D is a cross-head, adapted toslidevertically within grooves in the frame B. 'Within the cross-head is afollower, E, between which and the crosshead D are clamped the bristlesto be cleansed. The follower is forced down upon the bristles by meansof an eccentric, a, operating within a strap,a, which strap is fastenedto the upper part of the follower E. The crosshead and connecting partsreceive their motion, by means of a rod, 1), from a crank-wheel, F, uponthe shaft 0, to which the power is applied.

G G are the bases of the combs. The combs proper are formed of the basesor stocks G and teeth d, and placed at an angle, as shown.

I dispense with the mechanism which, in the machine of Lannay and Parks,patented as aforesaid, imparts to the combs a lateral and oscillatory.movement, and places the combs at such a distance from the base of themachine as is within the downward limit of the stroke of the crank, inorder that the stocks of the combs may be used as washboards, as stated.The non-oscillatory movement of the combs allows their stocks to operateas wash-boards at either the up or down stroke of the crank; andexperience has shown that the immovability of the combs, whether as tolateral or oscillatory motion, effects a more satisfactory result thanthat attained by the combs otherwise arranged.

The pipe through which the steam is conducted from a generator to thevat is shown by e, and is provided with a cock, f, by means of which thecurrent of steam can be controlled.

l have found that, to thoroughly cleanse the bristles with dispatch, aheated washing-liquid is required; and, by. the method herein describedof treating bristlesviz., by subjecting them to the mechanical action ofthe machine while they are wholly or partially immersed in a heatedliquor-the most satisfactory results are obtained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a bristle-washing machine, the inwardlyinclined teeth at andcomb-bases G, combined as described, and constituting a fixed comb, forthe purpose specified. JAMES WEBB.

Witnesses:

THODOR Dos'r, E. T. WIoKs.

